In July, the smoke and rain were slightly hazy. The wind and waves on the lake are at the level of the tide, and only one rain splash is up. After a while, the smoke and rain dissipated, the sun hung on the western mountain, and the world was dyed with a touch of orange brilliance, and the colorful streamers opened and sparkled in the air.

Droplets of water fall from lotus flowers, across lotus leaves, and drop on the calm surface of the lake, and cicadas and orioles begin to sing summer chapters again.

The butterfly sat by the window, looking at the scenery after the rain. She wanted to go out and paddle on the lake, but her grandmother said that girls were not allowed to show their faces, so she could only sit upstairs and look into the distance.

She and her grandmother live next to the bamboo forest in the mountains on the edge of Fengbo Lake, there are almost no people downstairs, this is a very secluded path, and this road is dark and damp, few people have set foot on it.

The butterfly opened all the windows and leaned out. She wanted to see more scenery, but Chen Qing's eyes changed when she fell downstairs.

"Girl, isn't there something to talk to me, don't go and find that short-sightedness." Chen Qing's tone was a little anxious.

It doesn't matter if you don't shout, the sudden sentence really startled the butterfly, and it almost fell.

Fixed, full of disgust, he said: "You little husband, it's all nonsense, why do I have to find a short-sightedness." After that, he hurriedly hid in the window, and grandma said that he couldn't let others see his appearance.

When Chen Qing heard this, he was also stunned, and then he was annoyed, blaming himself for not knowing clearly. But just now, the way the girl was talking to herself in disgust was so charming, she blushed and bowed her head.

But when I looked up again, I saw only an empty window. Seeing this, Chen Qing could only bow his hand and said: "Xiaosheng didn't know clearly, and he didn't intend to disturb, and I hope the girl will forgive me." Then he turned and wanted to leave.

The butterfly hiding by the window was in a hurry, and the cold probe said: "You little husband, just leave like this?" Chen Qing stopped and looked up, only to see the butterfly wearing a veil and leaning on the window, but her expression seemed to be smiling.

"So, in the girl's opinion?"

"Don't talk about it first, little minister, what are you going to do? Why did you go this way? ”

"Oh, Xiao Sheng went to catch the exam, and he disturbed the girl on the way, but listening to the girl's words, shouldn't you not walk on this road?" The butterfly was silent, so she found a reason and said, "You idiot, you only read books, don't ask, if you come back, don't go this way, especially at night." ”

"Why?"

"Eh, you're really a nerd, I just didn't mean not to ask." Seeing this, Chen Qing thought that Xu is girl's tutor was strict and afraid of being bumped into, so he turned around and wanted to leave after thanking him.

Again, there was a voice from upstairs.

"Wait, why are you in such a hurry, let me ask you, can you be in the top three before?"

"Xiaosheng is stupid, but it is within reach of being on the list, these top three have always been some of the ...... everyone"

"You're going to be in the top three, believe it or not?" Chen Qing did not speak.

"Or let's make a bet? If you are nominated in the top three, you will be given a hairpin and me when you come back. ”

"But didn't the girl just say that you can't move around from here?" The butterfly thought about it, then carried a wind chime and hung it by the window, and said, "If you see this, you can walk from here, but if you don't, don't walk there." Remember. ”

"How did the girl know I had walked by?"

"Don't ask, my natural way. Little Xianggong, what's your name? ”

"Chen Qing, dare to ask the girl?"

"Butterflies." At this time, there was a shout from upstairs: "Butterflies? Who are you talking to? The butterfly was startled, and the veil fell in a panic, and the butterfly hurriedly said to Chen Qing: "Hurry up, don't let grandma see you." Then he pointed to the wind chimes and said, "Remember, remember." Then he slammed the window shut.

Chen Qing downstairs didn't know why butterflies were like this, and thought that this tutor was really very strict. Silently stepped forward, picked up the veil, folded it up, put it in his sleeve, and left.

This is the grandmother who has gone upstairs and asked the butterfly, "Who are you talking to?" ”

"There is no grandma, just the cicadas and birds are singing."

"Butterfly, I told you not to let people see your appearance, and you must not be discouraged, I will send you to the West Sea in the future."

"Grandma, I won't go to the West Sea, I want to stay with my grandma for the rest of my life."

"Nonsense! Grandma has cultivated you since you were a child, just to send you to the West Sea, don't forget that this is also your father's order. ”

"I don't have a father like that!" Snap, after the crisp voice, the red palm print was deeply branded on the butterfly's white and tender face: "That's your father!" Chen Qing, who had not gone far at this time, heard this sound and wanted to move, but turned around but saw nothing, but he didn't notice that his hand was tightly grasping the corner of his clothes at this time.

"But my mother is gone, and the marriage contract ......"

"Nonsense! Even if your mother is gone, it will be settled a long time ago. ”

"But why, that's not what I agree with at all!"

"Say no more! Did you fall in love with that scholar? ”

"No grandma, don't hurt him."

"No, you'd better figure it out for yourself, if you let your father know, otherwise you'll ......!"

"I know grandma, I promise." After saying that, Grandma brushed her sleeves and left, and the butterfly suddenly sat down, she didn't understand why her mother had died in the West Sea, why her father still wanted to let her keep the marriage contract, but Butterfly didn't seem to have any other choice.

Since Chen Qing left, it has been rainy for several days, and some low-lying places have begun to show slight waterlogging.

On this day, the butterfly secretly hung the wind chimes on the window edge while her grandmother was out, listening to the rain and waiting for Chen Qing. knew that in the evening, Chen Qing finally appeared downstairs, but he was already soaking wet and embarrassed.

"Little Xianggong, what's wrong?"

"Butterfly girl, haven't you been waiting?"

"Little Xianggong, don't think about it too much, who is waiting for you, I'm betting for that."

"The butterfly girl is really a god, how do you know that Xiaosheng will be in the top three?"

"Girl, I'm clever, don't ask anything else. But why is the little minister wearing an umbrella all wet? ”

"It has been raining for more than a month, especially these days, and many people have been affected on the way back to their hometowns, but now this old man is indifferent, knowing that the people are in dire straits, I only hate myself but I can't do anything, just do my best."

"So you've been helping others for the past few days? Those people don't know you well, what do you care about them? ”

"Butterfly Girl!" Chen Qing's face immediately turned cold when he heard this, and he said: "I studied and joined the government to do things for the people, if not, I don't want this fame!" ”

"Hahahaha." Butterfly laughed and said: "I didn't expect that there can be people like Xiao Xianggong in the world now, it seems that the people of Yunzhou City are blessed." ”

"The girl's words are wrong, this Yunzhou City is a famous city in the dynasty, how can Xiaosheng ......"

"Needless to say, let's see, but Xiao Xianggong, you gave all the coils to others, how do you go home now?"

"It doesn't matter." After that, Chen Qingshun took out a piece of veil from his sleeve and wrapped a hairpin in it, and raised his hand to show the butterfly.

said, "Girl, look. Butterfly couldn't bear to mention it just now that she saw Chen Qing so embarrassed, but she didn't expect Chen Qing to take this matter to heart, and the veil that fell last time is now spotless.

For a moment, I inexplicably missed a beat in my heart.

"Butterfly girl, you can call the maid to get it."

"Not necessarily." With that, the butterfly jumped up and went straight downstairs. Chen Qing was stunned by this scene, he didn't know the identity and ability of the butterfly, he thought that this girl was so reckless, and hurriedly went over to pick it up.

Seeing this, the butterfly also fell into Chen Qing's arms. The sky finally cleared up a little, and the brilliant brilliance sprinkled on the butterfly, Chen Qing felt that the butterfly at this time was like a fairy descending to earth, and for a while there were only butterflies in his eyes, and he forgot everything.

"Little Xianggong, let me go." Calling Chen Qing softly, he came back to his senses and hurriedly put the butterfly down.

Seeing Chen Qing's blushing face and reddened ears, the butterfly couldn't stop laughing. At this time, Chen Qing was even more embarrassed, and shoved the veil and hairpin into the butterfly's hand before turning around and trying to escape.

"Stop! Did you choose the silver hairpin yourself? ”

"The girl's name is Butterfly, but there are very few styles of butterflies on the market, so I drew a pattern and went to make one, I don't know if the girl is satisfied."

"Little Xianggong, you have a heart." The butterfly looked up and said, "It's getting dark, where does the little minister's family live?" Butterfly's worry is not that it is dark, but that she heard her grandmother say that her father is coming back in the next few days, and Butterfly is worried that Chen Qing will bump into her father, if that happens, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Butterfly girl, don't worry, Xiaosheng will go home after two more mountains."

"Chen Qing, hurry up, if someone calls you when it's dark on the road, don't look back." Chen Qing's heart was stunned, and the butterfly kept calling him Xiaoxianggong, and he had never called himself by his name so seriously.

But if he is as smart as he is, he doesn't know a thing or two. That day, he was in a coma and walked to this secluded place that he had never been before, where he grew up since childhood, but he never knew or heard about it in the village.

And to meet such a beautiful but very disciplined woman, it is difficult not to arouse suspicion.

On the way back for Chen Qing, it was rainy and the road was slippery, and the butterfly girl's home was really difficult to find, and the butterfly girl repeatedly emphasized that she should not rush in the dark.

Chen Qing also muttered in his heart, isn't it really as he guessed? However, Chen Qing didn't say much, just said: "Butterfly girl, don't worry, Xiaosheng farewell." "There is no reason for the butterfly to stay Chen Qing anymore, and it is not early, if my father comes back...... She couldn't imagine it.

The butterfly quietly followed Chen Qing until he saw him go home, and then hurried back to the boudoir with confidence. At this moment, she heard her father's return, and she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was good that she had jumped in through the window.

Butterfly's father had a very good relationship with Xihai, so he made a marriage contract with the little prince of Xihai when Butterfly was not born, and the two families were still married.

However, when she was three years old, Butterfly's mother accidentally fell into the water when she took the butterfly to the West Sea to play, and then passed away unexpectedly.

Then Butterfly's father and grandmother took the butterfly to this bamboo forest in seclusion, and strictly monitored the butterfly, and the butterfly never went to the West Sea again.

But Butterfly didn't understand why after such a thing happened, grandma and father's reaction was so nervous, but they never mentioned that they wanted to divorce Xihai.

At this time, the father came upstairs, and the butterfly also greeted him at the door.

"Father." The butterfly leaned over. The father was still so serious and majestic, the butterfly didn't dare to raise his head, and after a while, the father said: "Don't forget that you are a person with a marriage contract, and you should go to the West Sea in a short time, don't have any trouble here!" The butterfly felt that she could not even breathe at this time, and the air was eerily quiet.

In the end, my grandmother was able to relieve the siege and called my father downstairs. Only then did the butterfly take a closer look at the water stains under her feet, and a piece of silk thread had been hung from her shirt by the window.

I blame myself for being in a hurry and not paying close attention to these things. Time passed in a hurry, Chen Qing was on the list and successfully became a county magistrate, but he never forgot the butterfly in his heart, how many times he dreamed of meeting the butterfly, but the complicated official duties and the butterfly's admonition made him never see the butterfly.